First, to address Neville’s comments directly – are players now “robotic” and unable to take risks? Certainly the stats indicate the average Premier League match is now more focused on passing rather than taking an opposition player on. This season, according to Opta, there has been an average of 897 passes per game, approaching the...
Premier League match official Chris Kavanagh explains how Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT) is being integrated into the competition from this weekend. READ MORE: Explainer: Semi-automated offsides start in Premier League Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Watch some of Mohamed Salah’s best Premier League goals in a Liverpool shirt after the Egypt forward agrees a new two-year deal with the Reds. Read full article at source...
I wanted Arsenal to try to push Liverpool in the title race but boss Mikel Arteta clearly knew something I didn’t, resting his players against Everton last weekend and then demolishing Real Madrid the way they did. Arteta will make changes again here, before Wednesday’s second leg at the Bernabeu, and the fact it won’t...
We have already seen SAOT in this season’s Champions League and in the FA Cup from the fifth round onwards. When a tight offside decision goes to a VAR review, SAOT steps in. Previously, officials in the VAR room needed to decide on three key things – when the ball was kicked, where and at...
Nathan Aspinall delighted his home crowd in Manchester as he claimed his first nightly win of the year to move into the Premier League play-off places. The 33-year-old from Stockport came back from 3-0 down to beat world number one Luke Humphries 6-4 in the final. After Humphries missed a dart to go 4-0 up,...
There are plenty of other notable names inside the top 20 youngest Premier League players. The most successful is Wayne Rooney, who was 16 years and 297 days old when he made his Everton debut in 2002. Two years later he joined Manchester United, where he won 16 trophies and became their record scorer with...
Michael Emons at Portman Road: Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna paced along the edge of the technical area, encouraging and clapping his side – calm and steady instead of panicking and nervous. He was a near-permanent presence there, but when something happened – goals at either end, corners, good challenges, shots – he would watch the clip...
We watched every Premier League manager during this weekend’s 10 fixtures – here’s what we found out. Read full article at source...
Leicester City debutant Jeremy Monga had to wear a blank shirt when he became the second-youngest player in Premier League history. Monga came off the bench in the 74th minute of Leicester’s 3-0 home defeat by Newcastle United on Monday. At 15 years and 271 days old, Monga became the second-youngest player to play in...
Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy says his side have not been “good enough” on a “difficult night” where the Foxes lost their eighth consecutive Premier League home game without scoring in their 3-0 defeat by Newcastle at King Power Stadium. READ MORE: Leicester 0-3 Newcastle Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Match of the Day 2’s Troy Deeney, Shay Given and Mark Chapman look at why newly promoted teams are getting in a “muddle” in the Premier League, after confirmation of Southampton’s relegation. READ MORE: ‘We must avoid that record’ – how it all went wrong for relegated Saints Watch Premier League highlights on Match of...
Mark Chapman, Shay Given and Troy Deeney discuss the effect the video assistant referee is having on football, after Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes says it is taking the intensity out of the game. WATCH: Match of the Day 2 on BBC iPlayer READ: ‘One of dullest derbies’ shows major change needed in Manchester Read...
Manchester derby falls flat, Fulham shock Liverpool & Southampton are relegated. Read full article at source...
We’ve all heard the accusations and whispers this season from rival fans, haven’t we? ‘This Liverpool team isn’t actually that great.’ ‘The Premier League is a poor league this season.’ ‘Liverpool’s class of 2024-25 wouldn’t have won the title in another season.’ Sunday’s loss will only add to those shouts. How fair is this, though?...